ch1zra wrote: > I have following code : > > import os, time, re, pyodbc, Image, sys > from datetime import datetime, date, time > from reportlab.lib.pagesizes import A4 > from reportlab.lib.units import cm > from reportlab.pdfgen import canvas > from reportlab.pdfbase import pdfmetrics > from reportlab.pdfbase.ttfonts import TTFont > import mkTable > > mkTable.mkTable() > > and then file mkTable.py located in same directory has : > > def mkTable(): > global canvas > canvas = canvas.Canvas(fname, pagesize=A4) > ... and so on > > this gives me following traceback: > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "C:\py\pdf_test.py", line 36, in <module> > mkTable.mkTable() > File "C:\py\mkTable.py", line 38, in mkTable > canvas = canvas.Canvas("K_lista.pdf", pagesize=A4) > UnboundLocalError: local variable 'canvas' referenced before > assignment
Python doesn't have one global namespace. Each module (file) has its own namespace, which is a Python dict, and 'global' means defined in the containing module's dict. Put the import: from reportlab.pdfgen import canvas in the mkTable.py file. That brings 'canvas' into the mkTable module's namespace. Python programs commonly import the same module multiple times. Only the first import runs the body of the imported module. Subsequent imports merely bring the names into the importing module's namespace. -- --Bryan Olson -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list